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reversions to the length or to the fine- ewes and Lincoln rams. Horns in the 
ness of one of the parent stocks. long wool breeds are of exceedingly rare 
Among the several hundred Corriedales occurrence. : 
I saw and the scores I examined closely Body. characters are less easily fol- 
not one had wool anywhere nearly as_ lowed than those of fleece. The most 
short as the longest wooled Merinos, as common conformation of the Corriedale 
coarse as the Lincolns, or as fine as the is practically intermediate between the 
Merino. Many of the lots examined Lincoln and Merino in respect to width 
were either ram or ewe hoggets that had of back and loin, depth of body and 
not been culled, consequently it could development of the rump and twist. In 
not have been that reversions had oc- , some flocks where fineness of wool has 
curred and been discarded. These char- been emphasized, the narrower chests 
acters may be determined by a number and the throat folds of the Merino are 
of factors each separately heritable but seen, though none of the sheep examined 
their number and irregularity of trans- after shearing could be mistaken for 
mission must be beyond hope of elucida- either Lincoln or Merino by anyone 
tion or practicalcontrol. Inlengthofwool familiar with these breeds. 
fiber Corriedales more nearly approach The comparative newness of the Cor- 
the Lincoln than the Merino, though I. riedale and the fact that it does not 
cannot say that any I saw fully equalled come from Europe have called forth 
in this respect Lincolns grown under considerable argument against the possi- 
similar conditions. bility of the breed’s being of a fixed type. 
Strangely enough the fact is overlooked 
that at least one of the British breeds 
The horned character still crops out now quite popular here was originated 
quite frequently, one breeder having by crossing animals from two distinct 
stated that 5% of his 1914 lamb crop breeds, and most of the other breeds of 
were culled because of horns, which sheep at some stage of their existence 
could only have come through the female have received the impress of older breeds 
line as both sexes of the original cross- andhave beenrendered true to a type em- 
breds were from the hornless Merino bodying characters of the outside blood. 
HORNS STILL APPEAR 
Peacock-Guinea Fowl Hybrids 
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The cross between pea fowl and guinea fowl is a very ‘“‘wide’’ one that has 
been made a number of times. The latest recorded success is that described by 
D. Brentana in the Moderno Zootatro, No. 11, 1914. In general appearance the 
hybrids most closely resemble the peacock, their form being slender, particularly 
in the head and neck, although there was a noticeable absence of ali the character- 
istic appendages of the head, and the great train of feathers which is the peacock’s 
pride was very much reduced. The plumage exhibited striping, which is perhaps 
a primitive pattern in the pea cock. It was of a dark fawn with black stripes in the 
lower part of the neck, becoming paler fawn with black specks in the region of the 
thorax, abdomen and flanks. As such hybids are usually absolutely sterile, it is 
impossible to breed them through several generations and work out the manner of 
inheritance of the various characters involved. 
